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2 December 1997

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Michael Zammit-Cutajar, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, tells COP-3 that certain industrial sectors have unashamedly played games with the science of climate change in their propaganda.
Melinda Kimble, US delegate, signals possible support for differentiation in their approach to QELROs to facilitate argeement.
The outgoing COP-2 President, Mr Chen Chimetengwende of Zimbabwe calls on parties to place equity at the centre of their considerations.
Japan's Mr Horoshi Ohki, Minister of State, Director General, Environment Agency of Japan, challenges delegates to make history in Kyoto.
 
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Mikhail Kokeev from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, talks about Russia's proposed differentiation scheme, known as "the big bubble."
Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists comments on the significance of the Russian proposal.
 
Pictures
The habitat around Kyoto International Conference Hall, home of COP-3
       
EU delegation waits
for the plenary to begin
Brazil catches up on
the latest edition of
the NGO newsletter,
ECO
The outgoing COP-2
President Mr Chen
Chimetengwende
presides over the
opening of COP-3
(l-r) Bill Hare,
Greenpeace, Alden Meyer,
Union of Concerned
Scientists and Mie Asaoka,
Kiko field questions
at an NGO Press Conference